Oh ugh………I can understand how children..and some adults..are creeped out by clown faces. That lumpy clay face. Who is trapped behind the frozen smile? I’m reminded here of the Stepford Wives also…their frozen smiles. Very few words you’ve used…but they sure send out the atmosphere and message.

Wow-lots of warm responses out here on the trail. In some ways, we all play the clown at times, the jester,
& those who wear the greasepaint well, like Robin Williams, have a depressed persona beneath it. Remember the film, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, where Jimmy Stewart played the clown who never took his make up off?